Fly and spin anglers on the Snook Fin-Addict caught a variety of fish during the past week. Snook, trout and jack crevalle were caught and released on a variety of lures and flies. The best action was with snook in the evening near Venice.
I spent last Monday scouting the waters of Charlotte Harbor in preparation for a trip on Tuesday. We located some reds and found the water to be dark, but with some clarity. The following day, with rivers cresting upstream, the water was dark and you couldn’t see the bottom in 1 ½’ in most places. Fly angler, Bob Reynolds, from St. Louis, MO, fished with me and caught a few trout and jacks on Clouser flies. We waded a bar where I had located reds the day before, but they wouldn’t eat a fly.
Lee Ibsen, from Sarasota, FL, and Bill Owen, from Purcellville, VA, fished the Venice area with me on Wednesday evening. Snook were feeding heavily on points, in cuts and around lighted docks. They caught and released about 25 snook to 23” on DOA TerrorEyz and live shrimp. As the tide slowed, snook gorged themselves on tiny shrimp around lighted docks.
The following evening, fly angler Erwin Edelman, from Sarasota, FL, fished the same area with me. He caught and released a dozen snook on Enrico Puglisi pilchard flies and Clousers before dark and DOA fly shrimp after dark. As the tide slowed there was a feeding frenzy, but snook were still very selective. With the proper presentation of the DOA fly shrimp, we fooled a few of them.
Dave and Vinny Giammaria, from Champagne, IL, fished Sarasota Bay with me on Saturday morning. They had good action with trout to 19” near Stephen’s Point on DOA Deadly Combinations with a glow shrimp. The largest trout was caught on a MirrOlure She Dog. They also caught and released jack crevalle, flounder and a snook.
Next week’s tides should be favorable for reds and trout on the flats and juvenile tarpon in upper Charlotte Harbor.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Rick Grassett
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